The Taming of the ShrewClarendon Press, 1982 - 248 pages The introduction offers a full and original consideration fo th play's textual problems, a study of sources, a survey of scholarship and criticism, with the editor's own critical appreciation, and a study of the comedy's fortunes in the theatre. |
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... hath been often ( with great applause ) plaid publiquely , by the right Honourable the L. of Hunsdon his Servants ' means that Shakespeare's own company had used the corrupt text and not the authentic one ( and the title - page of the ...
... hath been often ( with great applause ) plaid publiquely , by the right Honourable the L. of Hunsdon his Servants ' means that Shakespeare's own company had used the corrupt text and not the authentic one ( and the title - page of the ...
Page 125
... hath Baptista ta'en , That none shall have access unto Bianca Till Katherine the curst have got a husband . GRUMIO ' Katherine the curst ' , A title for a maid , of all titles the worst . HORTENSIO Now shall my friend Petruchio do me ...
... hath Baptista ta'en , That none shall have access unto Bianca Till Katherine the curst have got a husband . GRUMIO ' Katherine the curst ' , A title for a maid , of all titles the worst . HORTENSIO Now shall my friend Petruchio do me ...
Page 166
... hath been often burst , and now repaired with knots ; one girth six times pieced , and a woman's crupper of velour , which hath two letters for her name fairly set down in studs , and here and there pieced with pack - thread . BAPTISTA ...
... hath been often burst , and now repaired with knots ; one girth six times pieced , and a woman's crupper of velour , which hath two letters for her name fairly set down in studs , and here and there pieced with pack - thread . BAPTISTA ...
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